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ANNUAL PARALLAX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline
Synonyms:
annual parallax; heliocentric parallax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("annual parallax" is a kind of...):
parallax (the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annual parallax"):
stellar parallax (the heliocentric parallax of a star)
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